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there has been a trend toward more part-time work in this country with or without obama care. that parlow law, the him -- the employer mandate was put off for a little while. there was political push on that there was also a technical side and it is not ready for the prime-time but they came together. most larger businesses already cover their workers. it is not all of them but if you are working with someone who has more than 50 employees, you are likely to the least have an offer of insurance that your employer. host: you brought up mississippi. tell us what happened and why is this significant? republican is a insurance commissioner trying to implement block. . the law. in the power struggle over this, the insurance commissioner lost out and the state will not run on exchange rate in every state, there will be an exchange whether the state or federal in.rnment steps -- big federalid exchange and nobody came. this was a crisis. how do you have a health plan with no plans and its? mississippi is our role and there are two issues. to cover the -- theyrt population want to cove
there has been a trend toward more part-time work in this country with or without obama care. that parlow law, the him -- the employer mandate was put off for a little while. there was political push on that there was also a technical side and it is not ready for the prime-time but they came together. most larger businesses already cover their workers. it is not all of them but if you are working with someone who has more than 50 employees, you are likely to the least have an offer of insurance...
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it is very silly that obama would not compromise. it is too little too late when he says he wants to compromise now, the sequester has happened. i am 12 years old. i do not want to pay off this debt. if we do not do anything about medicare, the benefits are going to stop. we are going to have hyperinflation. host: you answered part of my question because you sound young. we now know that you are up altars old. you were not even here worm -- when bill clinton and the permits were hammered out the budget negotiations. why so interested in this topic as a young age? caller: i got interested in politics two years ago. it started with the affordable care act, obamacare. it.eacher said i interested. i supported mitt romney in the elections, begrudgingly. we really have no conservative movement anymore. we have not had many conservative candidates. john mccain, mitt romney, who were republican by name, but it did not work. caller: i am amazed at age 12 -- age 12 youamazed, at sound very smart. jewish i go to a private school in virginia. ho
it is very silly that obama would not compromise. it is too little too late when he says he wants to compromise now, the sequester has happened. i am 12 years old. i do not want to pay off this debt. if we do not do anything about medicare, the benefits are going to stop. we are going to have hyperinflation. host: you answered part of my question because you sound young. we now know that you are up altars old. you were not even here worm -- when bill clinton and the permits were hammered out...
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purely for political reasons. after president obama took office, there were a group of men in guantanamo, the remaining, who are chinese muslims. china considers them a threat. the u.s. knew, from day one, that they cannot go back to china. they would be tortured, imprisoned without trial, so there was never a plan to send them back. also, they knew that these men had never engaged in any hostility against the u.s., nor intended to. these were purely people involved in a fight unrelated to the u.s. and a fedor run the judge said that these men are innocent and should not be sent to guantanamo. i do not have the power to order them to go to anywhere else, but the military does. the president wanted to bring them into virginia and members of congress got wind of this than there was a huge political outcry. the idea that the u.s. wanted to let terrorists free on our soil, even though they have been freed by a federal judge. that is what made congress enact on a ban on transporting detainees. that is what has made clo
purely for political reasons. after president obama took office, there were a group of men in guantanamo, the remaining, who are chinese muslims. china considers them a threat. the u.s. knew, from day one, that they cannot go back to china. they would be tortured, imprisoned without trial, so there was never a plan to send them back. also, they knew that these men had never engaged in any hostility against the u.s., nor intended to. these were purely people involved in a fight unrelated to the...
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obama, who was 14 when the war ended, the u.s. appeared to have escaped the deficit legacy of vietnam that clouded politics for generations. if mr. hagel is confirmed, the three most prominent figures apart from the president in the countries foreign policy debates -- mr. kerry in the state department, mr. hagel at the pentagon, and mr. mccain, will all derive a substantial part of their legitimacy from vietnam experiences. mr. mccain's relationship with mr. kerr it isy the striking tale of the lingering influence of the vietnam. more than a decade later, mccain traveled to massachusetts to campaign against mr. kerry. yet the pair worked so closely in the cause of reviving relations with vietnam that they became friends. when mr. kerry appeared at a senate confirmation hearing last week, he was introduced by mr. mccain, who praised his ' exemplary statesmanship.' mr. mccain's relationship with mr. hagel what has gone the opposite way. 'i admire him and consider is friendship to be a treasure of inestimable value to me,' mr. mccain
obama, who was 14 when the war ended, the u.s. appeared to have escaped the deficit legacy of vietnam that clouded politics for generations. if mr. hagel is confirmed, the three most prominent figures apart from the president in the countries foreign policy debates -- mr. kerry in the state department, mr. hagel at the pentagon, and mr. mccain, will all derive a substantial part of their legitimacy from vietnam experiences. mr. mccain's relationship with mr. kerr it isy the striking tale of the...
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the real clear politics average of different polls out there on job approval currently has obama as a 40.1% approval rate, a disapproval rate of 55.6%. that is an average of several different polls out there whether it is gallup or rasmussen or reuters. you can see a chart below that showing president obama's job approval. the black line, those who approve of the job that the president is doing and the red line being those who disapprove. again, job approval being at historic lows for the president right now. will go to stacy know from arlington, virginia for independents. stacy, you are on "washington journal." i think washington should focus on the basics. it has been for now since we have seen a budget. i will take a lot of the turbulence out of everything. it doesn't matter which party you are from. you need to be working for america. you need to be doing what is best for america. it doesn't seem like some people are. congress should probably be measured on quality not quantity. when you stand up in front of the american people and say i haven't read the bill, but once we get it p
the real clear politics average of different polls out there on job approval currently has obama as a 40.1% approval rate, a disapproval rate of 55.6%. that is an average of several different polls out there whether it is gallup or rasmussen or reuters. you can see a chart below that showing president obama's job approval. the black line, those who approve of the job that the president is doing and the red line being those who disapprove. again, job approval being at historic lows for the...
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is showingto state the chicago style politics. as mr. obama continues to support mr. holder mr. holder is dragging down this administration i believe he has to partner himself before the house judiciary committee a few weeks ago -- he should resign. i think the american people have lost their trust in this attorney-general. it is pick and choose as to what justice should be needed out. host: from facebook -- bob says -- next on the phones is richard, an independent. like peopleeems have a short memory. did they forget about rupert murdoch and some of his news organizations and the newspapers in england where there are tapping into government employees, hacking computers, phone tapping, bribing. it is like most of -- both of them are involved. it seems like the whole world spies on each other. i do not know when this is all going to end. if somebody is leaking out of the federal government and it is legal, it is a crime. somebody needs to be punished. i do not know how they get the information. are they paying people to get it? if they are they are co- conspirators in the whole t
is showingto state the chicago style politics. as mr. obama continues to support mr. holder mr. holder is dragging down this administration i believe he has to partner himself before the house judiciary committee a few weeks ago -- he should resign. i think the american people have lost their trust in this attorney-general. it is pick and choose as to what justice should be needed out. host: from facebook -- bob says -- next on the phones is richard, an independent. like peopleeems have a short...
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section as these stories about guns -- below that is a story about president obama's travels today. he's headed to denver to talk about gun-control legislation. in the evening he will be in california for fund-raisers. the first event is a 5000 per person cocktail reception. the second is a 32,500 per person dinner. those are some headlines. and this on the front page of the wall street journal, increasing social media -- embracing. alex in georgia, independent, on gun-control legislation. go ahead. believe obama's administration is so much against the school shootings as they are against guns period. , where theyious were lying, to set up a gun shop along the border to use them and take away people's rights. that backfired on them when one of the agents got killed. everything that i have seen tells me that this government is really not for the people any more. au would not expect to seen sitting president attacking the constitution one after another. george bush attacked it and obama attacked it with the patriot act and another thing. my opinion is there after the constitution. whe
section as these stories about guns -- below that is a story about president obama's travels today. he's headed to denver to talk about gun-control legislation. in the evening he will be in california for fund-raisers. the first event is a 5000 per person cocktail reception. the second is a 32,500 per person dinner. those are some headlines. and this on the front page of the wall street journal, increasing social media -- embracing. alex in georgia, independent, on gun-control legislation. go...
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not just politics and governing, -- your you are sort of orientation is let's get the data and figure out what it says and go from there. the argument that they are young democratic operatives or old democratic operatives, they say republicans are still fixated on to reduce -- on gurus. that the people that you hired from mitt romney's campaign are able that worked on his campaign before that you pay a lot of money to. the argument is that there is this debate that democrats are less captured by these gurus that still run the republican party. we will see if that is actually true. in part it is wishful thinking in terms of the up and coming operative, but that is sort of the idea, that george bush and some of these past presidents were sort of captured by you hire the one smart guy to run your campaign. why is obama -- in large part he is president because the data has overlapped with his presidency. it is the function of the evolution of technology. we just did not have a lot of this stuff before. host: a comment from twitter on this issue. only uses metadata for pattern recognition,
not just politics and governing, -- your you are sort of orientation is let's get the data and figure out what it says and go from there. the argument that they are young democratic operatives or old democratic operatives, they say republicans are still fixated on to reduce -- on gurus. that the people that you hired from mitt romney's campaign are able that worked on his campaign before that you pay a lot of money to. the argument is that there is this debate that democrats are less captured...
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caller: my political hero for 2013 is barack obama for bringing us health care. i am 62, and i am telling you it is a great thing. he inherited a mess and stuck to principles. he said he would try to make changes. political climate, economic climate. he has been fighting that principle. when you talk about 15% of the population, back in the 30s living under poverty versus the same number today, three times as many people living poorly. it is even higher than that now. , one ofthe health care the gentlemen called and said it will take away the freedom. accident inortunate canada. i was in the canadian hospital for over a month. i did a lot of business in canada and can tell you from experience that the health care enjoy helps their -- them their system. there you have it. thank you very much. fish and sam writes in -- facebook, melvin campbell writes 0-- that is melvin campbell on the facebook page this morning. i want to point out a few other headlines as we continue to take your calls on the subject of political heroes. one of the stories leading the toers today
caller: my political hero for 2013 is barack obama for bringing us health care. i am 62, and i am telling you it is a great thing. he inherited a mess and stuck to principles. he said he would try to make changes. political climate, economic climate. he has been fighting that principle. when you talk about 15% of the population, back in the 30s living under poverty versus the same number today, three times as many people living poorly. it is even higher than that now. , one ofthe health care...
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guest: heritage foundation, freedomworks, they are a political group obama americans for prosperity -- a political prosperity,cans for club for growth, which is putting money into campaigns for republicans. these are big groups that have a lot of money and are not afraid to spend it in primaries. host: is this a harbinger of what is to come? is it a signal that some of the conservatives who have revolted from him are coming back into the fold? is no love lost between speaker boehner and these groups. they have been not close friends for a long time. in terms of what will happen in the future, i don't expect to see him embracing them with open arms anytime soon. pushbacka lot of happening in congress from members of leadership against these groups. we saw senator mcconnell pushing back at the senate of conservative -- at the senate conservative fund. to seeprobably going more of that. they are less afraid of them and more likely to have a public dispute with them. host: thank you for your time. commenter, here's a from one of our viewers. finally some leadership from the majority leade
guest: heritage foundation, freedomworks, they are a political group obama americans for prosperity -- a political prosperity,cans for club for growth, which is putting money into campaigns for republicans. these are big groups that have a lot of money and are not afraid to spend it in primaries. host: is this a harbinger of what is to come? is it a signal that some of the conservatives who have revolted from him are coming back into the fold? is no love lost between speaker boehner and these...
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the average american person doesn't understand how politics work. when obama came into office there were specific issues facing this nation. totally by the wayside. you all are more focused on politics. how long have you been in dc? have you had a job outside? out here still struggling struggling and trying to do everything we can. i have a job now. i'm not making the money that i used to make. you are perpetuating something that is so irrelevant. obama is no different than any politician along the way. you have to stop focusing on the specific days that are germane and irrelevant. please stopl in, talking about being pro- republican or pro-democrat. obama is no different than bush. they may have different philosophies. hold them all to account. media, stop taking sides. thank you. you reflect a lot of people stealing's. -- feelings. guest: i do not live in washington. i live in jersey. you are absolutely right. my purpose for appearing is to sell my book. i am on a book tour. that needs to be a full disclosure of why i am here. too often everybody
the average american person doesn't understand how politics work. when obama came into office there were specific issues facing this nation. totally by the wayside. you all are more focused on politics. how long have you been in dc? have you had a job outside? out here still struggling struggling and trying to do everything we can. i have a job now. i'm not making the money that i used to make. you are perpetuating something that is so irrelevant. obama is no different than any politician along...
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when president obama came along, he wanted people to get involved with politics. call your senators in your contours people. then when you do not like what obama has to say, you have to worry about who was going to get your information. if you call the white house and you say, i do not like the way this is being done, they will monitor all of your calls. even in your own home, they can come to your home and see what kind of things do you like to buy? your arguments between your spouses and what have you. jones flying over your head. you do not even have to go out. you have no more castle. it is all by the government. the democrats always cried under president bush. they are the same democrats who say, we throw our hands up. it is always been done this way. that is tanya from virginia on the republican line. rebecca, hello. everything we do, every .ime we use a debit card our cable box is digital now. everything we do is being stored somewhere. they never think about wal-mart shack' orpot or radio your television or what channels you watch. host: now we have the ns
when president obama came along, he wanted people to get involved with politics. call your senators in your contours people. then when you do not like what obama has to say, you have to worry about who was going to get your information. if you call the white house and you say, i do not like the way this is being done, they will monitor all of your calls. even in your own home, they can come to your home and see what kind of things do you like to buy? your arguments between your spouses and what...
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think theean, i fairly obvious answer is that comes down to politics. when president obama was elected, congress started working on the health-care bill that ended up being the affordable care act. they ruled out single-payer from the beginning. no one really put a lot of muscle behind it in congress. among other things, it is fairly obvious to point out that the health-insurance industry is a big powerful industry and they have a lot of employees. to do something like single- payer would disrupt all of that. not to mention, i have been thinking about this since the furor a month ago with plans getting canceled. at least a few million people who got the letters from the insurance companies that they could not keep their insurance from this year into next year and everybody freaked out -- if you did single-payer, literally everybody would get a letter like that. if i were a member of congress i would look at it as 2 million levels -- 2 million letters, and i would wonder what it would be like if it was 170 million or more. our intermediaries in the form
think theean, i fairly obvious answer is that comes down to politics. when president obama was elected, congress started working on the health-care bill that ended up being the affordable care act. they ruled out single-payer from the beginning. no one really put a lot of muscle behind it in congress. among other things, it is fairly obvious to point out that the health-insurance industry is a big powerful industry and they have a lot of employees. to do something like single- payer would...
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if president obama moves to intervene he will lose the political support from his own base. she will be impeachment -- he will be impeachment-bait. as far as the reports from syria over what happened and didn't happen. not trust the news media. we think it is a bunch of lies. we see how the iraq war was started from a bunch of lies. the leave guysn have good intentions. but if you are regurgitating what the other news channels are saying, it is the same pack of crap. as far as who is doing the saber rattling, i would look to susan rice and john kerry for actually trying to make the policy of war. i am fed up. host: thank you for the call. tweets coming in, as well -- several editorials today on this issue, first i want to read one of the lead editorials in "the wall street journal" -- an opinion piece by andrew roberts in "the wall street historian ands a author. that piece notes -- back to the phones, hamden, connecticut. good morning. think this is ridiculous. why should we go fight if we don't really know the fax? -- know the facts? run into a crazy to situation without k
if president obama moves to intervene he will lose the political support from his own base. she will be impeachment -- he will be impeachment-bait. as far as the reports from syria over what happened and didn't happen. not trust the news media. we think it is a bunch of lies. we see how the iraq war was started from a bunch of lies. the leave guysn have good intentions. but if you are regurgitating what the other news channels are saying, it is the same pack of crap. as far as who is doing the...
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see, thewe expect to biggest issues in conservative politics as we start out 2014? guest: among conservatives, there is a disagreement about how to handle the current circumstance. he have a divided government. are in as democrats control of the senate and president obama are in office, a lot of the main conservative goals are not going to be able to pass. among conservatives, there is a general disagreement with what we want to see happen. we would like to see tax reform that brings down rates and sympathize the tax code. we would like to see health care reform that is based on a consumer driven approach instead of an approach geared from a top-down government solution. we would like to see entitlement reform, dealing with the long- ,erm drivers of our deficit medicare, medicaid, social security. there is general agreement over what needs to happen from the conservative perspective. however, the big debate in 2013 was a tactical disagreement over how to react to those circumstances. some said, we are not going to -- imposed the conservative tonda by forcing democra
see, thewe expect to biggest issues in conservative politics as we start out 2014? guest: among conservatives, there is a disagreement about how to handle the current circumstance. he have a divided government. are in as democrats control of the senate and president obama are in office, a lot of the main conservative goals are not going to be able to pass. among conservatives, there is a general disagreement with what we want to see happen. we would like to see tax reform that brings down rates...
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and they have the nerve to criticize president obama's politics when they have the option to serve and they chickened out? host: milton in philadelphia. jan in arizona. as a democrat, how do you think he has handled the syrian situation? caller: i think he has taken way too much time deciding what to do. i know he has a gun to his head by someone -- i don't know who. i feel like his hands are tied. i respect the man. i'm sorry for the position he is in. but i think he is taking way too much time. host: what do you think the policy and syria should be? caller: honestly, i feel like we ought to leave them alone. i feel coldhearted saying that, but i feel like we are to leave them alone. we have too many problems in our own country that need to be dealt with. jan.r thankhost: thank you, inck tweets host: another democrat calling in. larry in chesapeake, virginia. caller: i think the president is correct in trying to do something in syria because of what happened with the use of gas. but another point i want to make about mr. bacevich when he said we don't know how to win wars -- we went i
and they have the nerve to criticize president obama's politics when they have the option to serve and they chickened out? host: milton in philadelphia. jan in arizona. as a democrat, how do you think he has handled the syrian situation? caller: i think he has taken way too much time deciding what to do. i know he has a gun to his head by someone -- i don't know who. i feel like his hands are tied. i respect the man. i'm sorry for the position he is in. but i think he is taking way too much...
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politics. if you were to support it, let's say you were the president, would you not realize then that the irs must be sacred, that trust with the people would be above anything else you could do? that is your currency for getting this passed. yet we are finding out our worst fears are being realized that an administration finds itself in the three scandals. this one is clearly emerging now as the single biggest threat to not only the legitimacy of obamacare but to the legitimacy of this administration in its second term. host: in washington, republican, joan. caller: good morning. thanks for taking my call. i totally agree with the the gentleman who just called. the woman who's now in charge of obamacare should be fired. there's no way. screw up in government service, you move out. it's an outrage that she is even still working in our government. that's all i have to say. host: there's another story playing out when it came to the nomination of president obama's choice for the epa, gina mccart
politics. if you were to support it, let's say you were the president, would you not realize then that the irs must be sacred, that trust with the people would be above anything else you could do? that is your currency for getting this passed. yet we are finding out our worst fears are being realized that an administration finds itself in the three scandals. this one is clearly emerging now as the single biggest threat to not only the legitimacy of obamacare but to the legitimacy of this...
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pelosi,hner, nancy obama, they do not have any control over this. these are actors with their own agendas. guest: in 1995-1996 when i was chairman of the congressional campaign committee, before raise-feingold, we could unlimited amounts of money from corporations and unions, but we had to report every dollar we raised. can't, and you can get large donations from individuals. , butou do not have those they are giving them to these other entities. and it is not reportable. so no one is held accountable. that was the problem with mccain-feingold. it puts all of this underground. guest: it didn't mean to. but we knew this was going to happen. guest: some of us had an inkling this was going to happen. i had arguments with members of my own party. well, don't worry about that, congressman, because we will say 60 days before an election they cannot do this. i said, what happens if the courts rule that unconstitutional. they said, our lawyers have told us it is ok. well, their lawyers were wrong. before an election is when it should matter the most. guest:
pelosi,hner, nancy obama, they do not have any control over this. these are actors with their own agendas. guest: in 1995-1996 when i was chairman of the congressional campaign committee, before raise-feingold, we could unlimited amounts of money from corporations and unions, but we had to report every dollar we raised. can't, and you can get large donations from individuals. , butou do not have those they are giving them to these other entities. and it is not reportable. so no one is held...
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theyre afraid of obama are afraid of being called racist. these people, i would consider it a compliment if i was called a racist. i disagree with obama's policies. i have absolutely had it. i am more of a tea party type person. the only reason i am registered republican, because of the state of maryland, you have to be either one or the other to vote in the primaries. boehner is a coward and i have no use for him that includes i wonder if he was affected by the prison there. they must have really taught him good. he is sure going against our wishes. host: michael in ohio, you are up next. i am an orthopedic surgeon who is being driven out of business on the first of september by the obamacare law. obamacareonly the law, it is a thing called a high-tech act. againstsed penalties physicians. it used to be they could audit to you and charge you up to $100 per every feed it would find on an audit. they have raised that limit to $50,000 per item on an audit. all these people talking about the funding obamacare, i do not think they have to concer
theyre afraid of obama are afraid of being called racist. these people, i would consider it a compliment if i was called a racist. i disagree with obama's policies. i have absolutely had it. i am more of a tea party type person. the only reason i am registered republican, because of the state of maryland, you have to be either one or the other to vote in the primaries. boehner is a coward and i have no use for him that includes i wonder if he was affected by the prison there. they must have...
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you wrote this after president obama was reelected. you said the president should put the spotlight on abuses. why is this crucial for the american government relationship with china? guest: the international community and the u.s. and the tibetan government -- the tibetan government says that their foreign policy is theeful rights, and domestic policy is harmony. but there is not peace or harmony, and it is contradicted by the reality into that. we have invested in democracy for the last many decades. and democracy and nonviolence should be promoted and supported the major democracies around the world, because it is the right thing to do. the tibetan administration is based on those principles. also the u.s. constitution, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, is very much what we aspire. they are supportive of the tibet issue, that they should rest on the tibetan government -- the chinese government to solve repressive policy. it is very demoralizing, and 170 tibetans have committed self immolation, burned themselves. a signifi
you wrote this after president obama was reelected. you said the president should put the spotlight on abuses. why is this crucial for the american government relationship with china? guest: the international community and the u.s. and the tibetan government -- the tibetan government says that their foreign policy is theeful rights, and domestic policy is harmony. but there is not peace or harmony, and it is contradicted by the reality into that. we have invested in democracy for the last many...
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culture that so often dominates politics of washington. does he pay attention to this? guest: she does. he certainly pays attention to approval ratings, especially given that a lot of his governing philosophy and the political leverage he believes he has comes from public support. rally thehe hands to public outside the beltway at times and he is trying to pass key legislation. it is why organizing for action exists. every time enthusiasm goes down he believes his political power goes down. one of the biggest concerns he is now watching these approval ratings is that in contrast to the last time they were this low , which was the end of 2011 of 2011 after the first debt ceiling showdown, there were very few opportunities for him to regain ground. the last time was followed by a whole election year. this time you don't have a moment like that. is going to be a lot harder for him to dig out of a hole like this. even with three more years to go? at what point does the public and washington d.c. just start looking ahead to the next president?
culture that so often dominates politics of washington. does he pay attention to this? guest: she does. he certainly pays attention to approval ratings, especially given that a lot of his governing philosophy and the political leverage he believes he has comes from public support. rally thehe hands to public outside the beltway at times and he is trying to pass key legislation. it is why organizing for action exists. every time enthusiasm goes down he believes his political power goes down. one...
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obama pulled a bill clinton political move, says israel tamang. from our twitter page, there is this comment. stewart's joining us from great britain. good morning. i had to go back to what your current spokesman is saying about obama being in a box. i have been watching what is happening in british parliament all this week. do you think that obama is going into this expecting he's going to lose, and is getting himself on the hook that he doesn't want to be on? despite the complexity of everything you have been describing, this has become a simple political problem for obama, and his way of dealing with it is, if i go to the house i know i could not get them to agree because they -- against almost anything i want? guest: very good question. you could describe this as a win-win or win-draw for the president. to view a president's decision about foreign policy in the congress as just being a politician does not quite understand the nature of foreign policy or politics. all presidents are politicians. policy isl of foreign actually domestic politics.
obama pulled a bill clinton political move, says israel tamang. from our twitter page, there is this comment. stewart's joining us from great britain. good morning. i had to go back to what your current spokesman is saying about obama being in a box. i have been watching what is happening in british parliament all this week. do you think that obama is going into this expecting he's going to lose, and is getting himself on the hook that he doesn't want to be on? despite the complexity of...
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would that be a victory politically for obama? i don't see how that works out. he will look weak domestically and internationally. host: have other presidents gone back with that type of rhetoric? guest: other presidents have been in that situation. the best example is haiti in 1994, president clinton wanted to use military force and bring back the legitimate leader of haiti. he knew with the newly empowered, newly energized opposition in congress, the republicans would have won a vote against the use the force. plus the american public was opposed to it. he couldn't do it but he didn't hold a press conference assay, i wish i could send troops to haiti but congress wouldn't let me. host: are there lessons that we can learn from what the president decided as far as his role going to congress and what we learned from david cameron with parliament? guest: yes it's a remarkable lesson because cameron didn't have to go to house of commons. he would have used force without that. he felt politically he needed to do that. obama may have taken a lesson from this because
would that be a victory politically for obama? i don't see how that works out. he will look weak domestically and internationally. host: have other presidents gone back with that type of rhetoric? guest: other presidents have been in that situation. the best example is haiti in 1994, president clinton wanted to use military force and bring back the legitimate leader of haiti. he knew with the newly empowered, newly energized opposition in congress, the republicans would have won a vote against...
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obama has taken it off the table for the short-term. this is purely a policy decision and certainly has political ramifications. on the flipside,, it gives republicans a great talking point. you're writing in "national journal," you're talking about the irs. are there more irs hearings planned? guest: i'm sure. currente three congressional investigations. the biggest one is being led by .arrell issa a very aggressive inquisitor and chief of the obama administration. thee is one being led by house, ways and means committee and one by the senate finance committee. ist came out most recently that the irs has created this targeting list and they are looking at tea party groups in particular for extra scrutiny, whether they should be approved as nonprofits. there is also the word progressive on some of these lists. they have not found evidence that this was used currently or in the timeframe they are looking at, but democrats say, this is a whole other issue, not just tea party groups. there has not been evidence that progressives have been
obama has taken it off the table for the short-term. this is purely a policy decision and certainly has political ramifications. on the flipside,, it gives republicans a great talking point. you're writing in "national journal," you're talking about the irs. are there more irs hearings planned? guest: i'm sure. currente three congressional investigations. the biggest one is being led by .arrell issa a very aggressive inquisitor and chief of the obama administration. thee is one being...
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the stimulus is political. after president obama implemented his stimulus in 2009, some studies showed gains of 1 million or more jobs. some disagree with that. some are skeptical of the numbers or say that the money could be spent in different ways or if we had not spend the money, we would have less of a deficit than we do not. host: on either -- our line for the unemployed, this is christa. i want to talk about -- caller: i am a dentist in massachusetts. i have been unemployed for a long time. i had a business that was destroyed by the state very unfairly. someone did something to renege on an agreement for office space. the board attacked me for that, claiming nine -- claiming i abandoned the patients. they destroyed my business. i had not harmed anyone and committing any sort of fraud. people need to understand that sometimes the government gets in the way of people being successful and puts them in a situation where they are unemployed. now i am only in massachusetts. i am not licensed in any other states
the stimulus is political. after president obama implemented his stimulus in 2009, some studies showed gains of 1 million or more jobs. some disagree with that. some are skeptical of the numbers or say that the money could be spent in different ways or if we had not spend the money, we would have less of a deficit than we do not. host: on either -- our line for the unemployed, this is christa. i want to talk about -- caller: i am a dentist in massachusetts. i have been unemployed for a long...
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beyond the that politics, though, probably another thing that obama is thinking about that is the right thing to think about is the substance. ever mind politics, how did this happen? this was his signature domestic achievement. it was not a surprise, like hurricane katrina. it was a long planned event and the rollout was disastrous. something went wrong and someone is responsible for that. is in theat someone west wing, deep in the bowels of health and human services, whether it is secretary sebelius, i do not understand the problems well enough to know. someone is accountable, i would say, ultimately, and that in my view the president has to bear some of that accountability. he came with a lack of administrative experience and uncertain times it was not a problem but this is one of those instances where someone with managerial instance -- instincts would not have allowed this. host: we have disagreement on twitter -- guest: i did not call for it. [laughter] viewerst's get our involved on the phone lines. john is up first in northbrook, illinois. hi, john. caller: i wanted to ask -- on
beyond the that politics, though, probably another thing that obama is thinking about that is the right thing to think about is the substance. ever mind politics, how did this happen? this was his signature domestic achievement. it was not a surprise, like hurricane katrina. it was a long planned event and the rollout was disastrous. something went wrong and someone is responsible for that. is in theat someone west wing, deep in the bowels of health and human services, whether it is secretary...
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it seems president obama's paid political forces out today. -- force is out today. [applause] you know why? because the men and women in this room scare the dipping late -- scare the living daylights out of him. don't know how many of you remember the movie the usual suspects. they described the greatest trick the devil ever pulled to convince the world he did not exist. curious if anybody is left at the organizing for america headquarters? [applause] i'm actually glad the president's whole political staff is here instead of doing stuff for the country. in the movie they said the greatest trick the devil ever played was to convince the world he did not exist. the greatest trick the left has ever played is to convince conservatives we cannot win. >> "washington journal" continues. star parker is our guest. thank you for coming on. a couple of questions about your organization, what is it he echo -- what is it? we provide market-based solutions to fight poverty. we are privately funded. we do not get government grants. people are interested in our mission and our focu
it seems president obama's paid political forces out today. -- force is out today. [applause] you know why? because the men and women in this room scare the dipping late -- scare the living daylights out of him. don't know how many of you remember the movie the usual suspects. they described the greatest trick the devil ever pulled to convince the world he did not exist. curious if anybody is left at the organizing for america headquarters? [applause] i'm actually glad the president's whole...
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unfortunately, the obama has madeation politics out of everything, including the keystone pipeline. saw an article in a local where peopleer day how many people were wishing we have president bush back in right now. this is cold politics. our country is suffering because of it. -- : guest: thanks for your call. it has been a political base -- political debate. congress should not have to be involved at all. congress. folks in you are looking at the labor community coming out in droves. warren buffett supports this pipeline. that theam before caller just mentioned, military security, national security, that is where the administration and the president have to decide next. this has been on the environment. at a time when we are looking at remembering and thanking those who served for us, it is also in fact to consider our nation's interests and economic security and energy security and national security. if you are talking about being able to make fuel in this country as the value to domestically produced oil american energy security is certainly something when you are looking at the
unfortunately, the obama has madeation politics out of everything, including the keystone pipeline. saw an article in a local where peopleer day how many people were wishing we have president bush back in right now. this is cold politics. our country is suffering because of it. -- : guest: thanks for your call. it has been a political base -- political debate. congress should not have to be involved at all. congress. folks in you are looking at the labor community coming out in droves. warren...
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i hate to say it was probably political, and obama should have known that they would come after obamacare so they should a major this was seamless. but it did not happen. they should make it work, taken off-line, fix it, but do not stop the law. supposed to help people, pseudo- not stop it. just fixed the problem and let it work itself out. that is the same thing that happened with medicare part d. is thea hard rollout, it same as what is happening now. anything that big is going to have things in it. we can do a lot of things but we can send people into space, we can master this health care. i wish people would be patient and wait and let things happen. he is trying to help people. republicans are not trying to help. responded,hite house jay carney in his daily briefing, on what president clinton had to say and the judgment -- the different options the white house is laying. [video clip] >> the president has asked his team with looking at a range of options, as he said, to make sure that nobody is put in a position where their plans have been canceled and they cannot afford a better plan
i hate to say it was probably political, and obama should have known that they would come after obamacare so they should a major this was seamless. but it did not happen. they should make it work, taken off-line, fix it, but do not stop the law. supposed to help people, pseudo- not stop it. just fixed the problem and let it work itself out. that is the same thing that happened with medicare part d. is thea hard rollout, it same as what is happening now. anything that big is going to have things...
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guest: the obama administration's interest is to seek negotiated political solutions. a negotiated solution would be best. it would ideally put syria on a track toward transition. i do think americans should care with what is happening in syria. it is in a very vital region in the world. it is perhaps one of the most brutal conflicts happening right now. and it has the potential to destabilize the entire region, a region that is very significant in strategic interest to the united states. host: if you elect to join the conversation, republicans -- -- if you would like to join th the associated press reported recently that france and britain samples confirm the nerve gas sarin has been used in syria. holds conventional wisdom that the syrian regime propelled -- perpetrated the attacks. that set the obama administration's position is that there is no conclusive evidence that the regime used sarin. they are trying to establish a chain of custody. they want to lay the establishment, through evidence don?o reviews that information is still lacking. on thewere they used back
guest: the obama administration's interest is to seek negotiated political solutions. a negotiated solution would be best. it would ideally put syria on a track toward transition. i do think americans should care with what is happening in syria. it is in a very vital region in the world. it is perhaps one of the most brutal conflicts happening right now. and it has the potential to destabilize the entire region, a region that is very significant in strategic interest to the united states. host:...
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, house oversight exams the obama response to the attack on benghazi. ard at 10:00 a.m. eastern and all weekend from book tv, from "washington journal," live coverage of the national book kay val and former senator bailey hutchison. brothers at war author, and putser prize winner at can i son and more. live on book tv and on c-span three's american history tv. from high school gyms and military bases, life for nearly a half billion p.o.w.'s. sunday afternoon at 1:00. >> the subject of whistleblowers is a very important and sensitive subject. we as i.g.'s depend on whistleblowers. we value their information. it's very important that they feel comfortable coming forward and saying i have information that you need to have. and my identity, i'm very concerned about potential reprisal. you need to protect my identity. we understand that. the statute requires us to extend protections. in practice, ewhat we, as i.g.'s will do is to advise whistleblowers of these protections to say to the extent that you can give us specific information, that is much more helpf
, house oversight exams the obama response to the attack on benghazi. ard at 10:00 a.m. eastern and all weekend from book tv, from "washington journal," live coverage of the national book kay val and former senator bailey hutchison. brothers at war author, and putser prize winner at can i son and more. live on book tv and on c-span three's american history tv. from high school gyms and military bases, life for nearly a half billion p.o.w.'s. sunday afternoon at 1:00. >> the...
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it is theater, politics, and it not good policy. every branding that the republicans should focus on is do,o what they say they limited government, fiscal responsibility, rather than playing this fiscal theater why don't we have things like affordability of insurance, buying across state lines, do, limited tort reform, something that allows people to keep their insurance. there are a lot of things that republicans have that are good policy. that is not one of them. host: this legislation never made it to the floor, the republican leadership pulled it from the floor when it was clear they did not have the votes. your group sent out an alert saying that this would be a key vote. why?alled it cantor care. guest: we would rather not be against things that the republican leadership is doing, we would rather be cheerleaders for them. we do not think it is healthy when we have to point out things that are not pro-growth. there are enough of their own members in the republican party that agree, this is not good policy. republicanst think ne
it is theater, politics, and it not good policy. every branding that the republicans should focus on is do,o what they say they limited government, fiscal responsibility, rather than playing this fiscal theater why don't we have things like affordability of insurance, buying across state lines, do, limited tort reform, something that allows people to keep their insurance. there are a lot of things that republicans have that are good policy. that is not one of them. host: this legislation never...
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politics is a war of ideas. i am tired of people saying if you disagree with obama, you are a racist. the ideas blocked by the majority leader in the senate, [inaudible] [indiscernible] obamacare lies about everything. [indiscernible] >> we will go to jan in atlanta. >> i believe gridlock in washington was never this bad until our first black president was elected. people of color would vote in governor's races, we could break the deadlock in washington. >> michael, independent color. >> this is not a personal belief but a fact. washington can only be changed from the outside in, not the inside out. talkpoliticians go up and about promises that turn out to be lies, we have nobody to blame but ourselves. i don't think the gridlock in -- the gridlock in washington expresses how people feel in the country. medicare.e to take both republicans and democrats like medicare and they don't want it fundamentally changed. is so much misinformation from the people in washington and from the media. says ify constantly they a
politics is a war of ideas. i am tired of people saying if you disagree with obama, you are a racist. the ideas blocked by the majority leader in the senate, [inaudible] [indiscernible] obamacare lies about everything. [indiscernible] >> we will go to jan in atlanta. >> i believe gridlock in washington was never this bad until our first black president was elected. people of color would vote in governor's races, we could break the deadlock in washington. >> michael,...
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i'm not an obama fan by any means. it doesn't have anything to do with the gun policy. i don't like kelly presents his politics -- i don't like how he presents his politics. what he proposes has to go through congress. he wrote executive orders. i am ok with enforcing laws that already exist. that is one reason why we have these problems. if people get denied on a background check, they are supposed to get in trouble for that. it could potentially prevent that person from being able to obtain a weapon. as far as funding, i think that is a great idea. that will play in favor of the second amendment. 19,000 suicides. 11,000 from homicides. less than 400 of those 11,000 have anything to do with rifles. i do not know why they want to take away assault rifles. i think there is a lack of information about firearms. people need to shoot more to be trained. i know a lot of people are terrified by guns but have never touched one. there was a speech to congress. there were x amount of shootings going on. two were accidental shootings. i do not know anyone, but with that firearm t
i'm not an obama fan by any means. it doesn't have anything to do with the gun policy. i don't like kelly presents his politics -- i don't like how he presents his politics. what he proposes has to go through congress. he wrote executive orders. i am ok with enforcing laws that already exist. that is one reason why we have these problems. if people get denied on a background check, they are supposed to get in trouble for that. it could potentially prevent that person from being able to obtain a...
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american pows and mia's we will talk to a political reporter. host: today congress will be working on student loans and holding a hearing on the irs scandal. president obama will talk about implementing health care legislation. ben bernanke will testify in the senate about monetary policy. our show this morning begins in boston. here is the cover of stone" next month. quite a bit of controversy. we want to get your reaction to this. if you would like to comment on the new cover, you can do that @cspanw social media j. facebook.com/cspan. wbz story. the magazine did a feature story on him with the headline "the bomber." they put out the cover on the facebook page. it has already received thousands of negative comments. wasparate facebook page created overnight -- front page of "the boston globe" -- here is llavon abrahamgs column -- people who are mad about this cover say it glamorizes him, that places him among the justin swifts ofd taylor the world. a couple of comments we want to read already. several dozen have arctic, anlre in -- jeff says,
american pows and mia's we will talk to a political reporter. host: today congress will be working on student loans and holding a hearing on the irs scandal. president obama will talk about implementing health care legislation. ben bernanke will testify in the senate about monetary policy. our show this morning begins in boston. here is the cover of stone" next month. quite a bit of controversy. we want to get your reaction to this. if you would like to comment on the new cover, you can do...
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for example, aarp is almost a political advocacy group for president obama and his administration. i think another group was mentioned that is more or less the same. the other question i want to asked just to back up the message about the president's travel. taxpayers are paying the president's travel. guest: we have written about the president's travel. this particular story was not about that. carol lynn at "the washington post," who is an amazing investigative reporter, and did the first story about the outrageous cost of the resident's -- president's africa trip, and somehow got a hold of the behind the scenes memo about what would be required to take him over there and the secret service protection that would be required in these remote places. it was an amazing story, and it did get wide pickup from all u.s. media. the white house scaled back a little on those plans after that story ran, but it still was a asy, very expensive trip, all of his strips are expensive because of security concerns. is on the line from colorado springs. independent. caller: i am curious as to why yo
for example, aarp is almost a political advocacy group for president obama and his administration. i think another group was mentioned that is more or less the same. the other question i want to asked just to back up the message about the president's travel. taxpayers are paying the president's travel. guest: we have written about the president's travel. this particular story was not about that. carol lynn at "the washington post," who is an amazing investigative reporter, and did the...
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their political enemies, that is all about politics. that is the misuse people are concerned with. the terrorist surveillance program is a good program. the problem is an administration has lost all credibility with the american people, unless you are a socialist. that is the big issue. from "the washington post," -- good morning from massachusetts, democrats line. you are talking about the president wanted to install more confidence in surveillance programs. caller: i think people should be confident with what the government is doing. do not question it. host: why not? caller: surveillance is necessary in today's world to keep people safe. stephen joins us from utah, independent line. caller: i heard the president say that the government is not listening to your phone calls, i believe that. what they are doing and what they can do is they can record all of your phone calls and they will go in there and do a search of it they can do a keyword search and pull up all of your phone calls just by looking at the one area. the voicemail is e-
their political enemies, that is all about politics. that is the misuse people are concerned with. the terrorist surveillance program is a good program. the problem is an administration has lost all credibility with the american people, unless you are a socialist. that is the big issue. from "the washington post," -- good morning from massachusetts, democrats line. you are talking about the president wanted to install more confidence in surveillance programs. caller: i think people...
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in other news this morning, so here is "the washington post" -- in the politics section of about theon times," meeting president obama had with britain's prime minister -- here is what britain's prime minister had to say. [video clip] >> if we can broker a peaceful solution that leads to assad's departure but leaves syria intact that accommodates the interest of all of the religious , andthnic groups inside the bloodshed and stabilize the situation, it will be good for everybody. we are going to be very persistent in trying to make that happen. i am not promising that it is 26 zestful. thekly sometimes once theory has been unleashed in the situation we are seeing in syria it is very hard to put things back together. there are going to be enormous challenges in getting a credible process going. even if russia is involved -- we have other countries like iran and actors like has belote that have been involved. hezbollah that have been involved. host: that is president obama talking about syria. we will show you what the prime minister had to say. ofthe international section "the new york
in other news this morning, so here is "the washington post" -- in the politics section of about theon times," meeting president obama had with britain's prime minister -- here is what britain's prime minister had to say. [video clip] >> if we can broker a peaceful solution that leads to assad's departure but leaves syria intact that accommodates the interest of all of the religious , andthnic groups inside the bloodshed and stabilize the situation, it will be good for...
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support obama holds this iconic position in american politics. what is left could not be more dangerous. host: from emporia, kan., on our republican line. caller: good morning, professor turley. just to underscore the conversation that is taking place to this point -- i am conservative so i live my part of the country were used to tend not to worry about things but recently i read a piece by julia engwin in "the wall street journal" about a program called the national counter-terrorism center. there is a recent change in rules. if there was reasonable suspicion of terrorist activity, they could sneak into records but the rules have changed and basically, at this point, they can dig up the records on any american for any reason. they are looking for suspicious activity. among the things they look for is whether people have posted international symbols, which i have, whether they have traveled, which i have done, va medical records, which i have, and i find these things really troubling. i love my country but when i see stuff like this going on, i
support obama holds this iconic position in american politics. what is left could not be more dangerous. host: from emporia, kan., on our republican line. caller: good morning, professor turley. just to underscore the conversation that is taking place to this point -- i am conservative so i live my part of the country were used to tend not to worry about things but recently i read a piece by julia engwin in "the wall street journal" about a program called the national...
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the washington post focusing on the politics of sequestration, obama sees 2014 as the key to his legacy. they're right -- -- they write -- she is a republican from washington state, here is what she had to say from sequestration. >> these devastating across-the- board cuts imposed by the president will affect the lives of so many hard-working americans. yet this week the president traveled 180 miles to virginia instead of travelling 1.5 miles to senator harry reid is office office. reid and's offi's the senate never passed a bill to replace the sequestered. in the last year the house of representatives have passed those republics -- two proposals to replace the sequester with smarter spending cuts. in addition we are looking at ways to close tax loopholes and clean up our tax codes so that we can lower rates and help create jobs. these ideas get government out of the way so we can bring jobs home and preserve the american dream. the president wants to take a different route. he wants to continue singling out americans for tax increases, even after he raised taxes just two months ago to
the washington post focusing on the politics of sequestration, obama sees 2014 as the key to his legacy. they're right -- -- they write -- she is a republican from washington state, here is what she had to say from sequestration. >> these devastating across-the- board cuts imposed by the president will affect the lives of so many hard-working americans. yet this week the president traveled 180 miles to virginia instead of travelling 1.5 miles to senator harry reid is office office. reid...
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it says the dreamworks animation ceo strong political support for president obama had "no bearing" on the white house decision to schedule a presidential visit. k av
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i think this is a political move on the part of the obama administration. obama has been probably the most oppressive and most anti-libertarian president this country has had since woodrow wilson. moveis going on with this -- baracklder is this obama wants to divide the libertarian wing of the republican party led by rand paul from the authoritarian gop establishment. i predict within the year that obama and holder will call for the total legalization of marijuana. a vast part ofp the democratic party constituency, which it is no secret, many of whom are pot smokers or x pot smokers, and number two, to simply divide the gop. this is a way to lay the and 2016k for the 2014 elections. this is what is going on right now. host: listen to this. this is from "usa today" what do you think, vance? caller: i think it is interesting that jeb bush and newt gingrich have actually come along on this, because they have traditionally been with the authoritarian wing of the republican party, and i of course applaud rand paul for calling for judicial discretion in these cas
i think this is a political move on the part of the obama administration. obama has been probably the most oppressive and most anti-libertarian president this country has had since woodrow wilson. moveis going on with this -- baracklder is this obama wants to divide the libertarian wing of the republican party led by rand paul from the authoritarian gop establishment. i predict within the year that obama and holder will call for the total legalization of marijuana. a vast part ofp the...
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politics changes all the time. president obama called themselves the underdog in his race for reelection. a lot of people said, democrats will control this town forever. 2010, republicans picked up seats in the house. now has swung the other way. -- it has swung the other way. they have had some stumbles in recent weeks. they cannot wait for the new year. and did poorly for them. it ended poorly on the payroll tax extension. that did not play well for republicans. and now the fiscal cliff and sandy has been a bit of a debacle for the gop. host: mark in tennessee. caller: i am a conservative democrat. i voted for obama. do you think immigration reform could actually help the republican party in the future back because latinos will not be as motivated to go out and vote democrat because of that issue, and people like me would be voting republican if it were not for that issue. do you think it could help the republican party of 2013? guest: that is what some republicans think. they do not have an immigration policy as
politics changes all the time. president obama called themselves the underdog in his race for reelection. a lot of people said, democrats will control this town forever. 2010, republicans picked up seats in the house. now has swung the other way. -- it has swung the other way. they have had some stumbles in recent weeks. they cannot wait for the new year. and did poorly for them. it ended poorly on the payroll tax extension. that did not play well for republicans. and now the fiscal cliff and...
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people get caught up in their own bigotries, dealing with political parties, what separates our nation and prevents us from being the nation we could be. i would hope, as obama has said african american, native american -- i don't feel this government represents the people. who called and said, this government belongs to the people, not to particular influenceroups that congress and prevent them from getting the job done -- we should never have unemployment where people are in the millions . we should not have homeless people sleeping outside the white house. we should not have children sleeping in shelters. we should be ashamed of being called the united states of america. host: john from irving, texas. can somebody explain to me why both parties cannot sit fighting instead of -- how manything , they sit passed there. tryr, fight, and don't even -- bicker, fight, and don't even try. [indiscernible] host: don from arizona, republican line. i always hear the president's people talking about how he's going to grow the economy through energy and infrastructure. i would like to comment on
people get caught up in their own bigotries, dealing with political parties, what separates our nation and prevents us from being the nation we could be. i would hope, as obama has said african american, native american -- i don't feel this government represents the people. who called and said, this government belongs to the people, not to particular influenceroups that congress and prevent them from getting the job done -- we should never have unemployment where people are in the millions . we...
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or his politics. host: we will get one more viewing bipartisanship, centreville, virginia. caller: good morning, sir. i believe bipartisanship is very important for our congress. only the congress but across the country as far as the state of marriage and things of that nature. there is too much discourse. we live in a contrarian society. too much discourse always will put you in a state of poverty and it puts you in a state where it is hard to climb out of. if you for listening. have a good day. host: we appreciate all your calls. coming up here on "washington journal congo we will be joined by two members of congress from opposite sides of the aisle who are working together to pass legislation through congress. they are both of arizona. later, congressman arun shock and gabbard will talk about the future caucusing that developing solutions to issues facing the millennial generation. journal" continues. ♪ >> when helen taft became first lady in 1909, 1 of the first things she did was to address add
or his politics. host: we will get one more viewing bipartisanship, centreville, virginia. caller: good morning, sir. i believe bipartisanship is very important for our congress. only the congress but across the country as far as the state of marriage and things of that nature. there is too much discourse. we live in a contrarian society. too much discourse always will put you in a state of poverty and it puts you in a state where it is hard to climb out of. if you for listening. have a good...
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people are surprised that so many states have not signed on, that it is continuing to be this political question, that if you do the medicaid expansion you are somehow endorsing obamacare and president obama, and governor rick perry has sort of made this an issue in texas. it is in his mind un-texan. host: so texas is not doing it -- guest: there are 24 states that are expanding, and it is the west coast, the northwest, nevada, arizona, the southwest, and then along the eastern standard board, most of new england, many of the states in the mid-atlantic. that is about 9 million people who are currently uninsured you will get insurance through the medicaid pension. -- through the medicaid expansion. , 21, that are not spending also about 9 million people, and this is essentially texas, the most number of uninsured people in the united states, primarily through the midwest, the entire south, the deep south, montana, idaho, miami, and utah. there are some states that are still debating -- michigan, indiana, pennsylvania, a few others. i was thinking, where i want to be on january 1 is the f
people are surprised that so many states have not signed on, that it is continuing to be this political question, that if you do the medicaid expansion you are somehow endorsing obamacare and president obama, and governor rick perry has sort of made this an issue in texas. it is in his mind un-texan. host: so texas is not doing it -- guest: there are 24 states that are expanding, and it is the west coast, the northwest, nevada, arizona, the southwest, and then along the eastern standard board,...
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biggest political loser this year? caller: i think it's barack obama. he's just like the guy from said, he's a liar. makejust go up there and that theynd pass them think we won't. i think we need to vote -- like the healthcare. the american people should have voted on the care.hcare, this obama we are a free country, but we're getting all of our freedom, it is being taken away from us. alley from north carolina. troy agrees that it has to be barack obama. writes via facebook he got nothing done. but when you scroll down a thele bit, maximus writes whole republican bunch, the whole republican bunch are the 2013.cal losers of bryce at twitter writes the losers are the people at the bottom. there is no top in terms of income, yet there's always a way the 99%. that's from brice. william on the line now from democrat. hey there. caller: hello? host: yes, william. you're on the air. do think is the biggest political loser this year? caller: the republicans. particular? in caller: all of them because they they thought -- because we got a black president. from
biggest political loser this year? caller: i think it's barack obama. he's just like the guy from said, he's a liar. makejust go up there and that theynd pass them think we won't. i think we need to vote -- like the healthcare. the american people should have voted on the care.hcare, this obama we are a free country, but we're getting all of our freedom, it is being taken away from us. alley from north carolina. troy agrees that it has to be barack obama. writes via facebook he got nothing...
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political benefits that the party received from the government shutdown and might cost government -- democratic candidates in the next elections. was named asgh most responsible. to fix it entrusted was jeffrey zeitz. this followed a meeting between vice president joe biden and democratic freshmen. it appeared that the white house would have to do more to reassure democrats who emerged from the shutdown confident of their political fortunes. onublicans have roared back a wave of anger over the health care law. people are anxious. richard derman said -- richard durbin said he did not think there was confidence. this is more of a show me moment. we were all confident that the system would be up and running. we are not confident until it is real. the anxious include senators and house members facing hotly contested races. inre are also lawmakers states with republican governors who have done nothing to promote the health care law. this is the lead story in the new york times this morning. what is your top story this week? we will begin with a democrat in tennessee. diane, what do you th
political benefits that the party received from the government shutdown and might cost government -- democratic candidates in the next elections. was named asgh most responsible. to fix it entrusted was jeffrey zeitz. this followed a meeting between vice president joe biden and democratic freshmen. it appeared that the white house would have to do more to reassure democrats who emerged from the shutdown confident of their political fortunes. onublicans have roared back a wave of anger over the...
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more reasonable republicans, some governors, some senators, are saying as much as we don't like a rock obama and we want to stick to and service of printable's, we don't buy into this hostage taking form of political terrorism. up to 2014s ahead and 2016, we will see that this tension and the republican party , i call it a civil war, i think will just get worse. theill get exacerbated and republican party will have to decide for itself if they are reasonable people who can compromise while adhering to conservative ideas or will they let the tea party hostage takers grabbed the economy -- drive the economy into the ground and pull the rest of us over the cliff? it's a metaphor but thank you. host: david horn is the washington bureau chief of "mother jones." thanks so much for joining us this morning. for having made. host: up next, welfare reform took leisa 1996 but "mother reporter says the program has suffered since then and that report will be here to talk with us and later, and the about is here to talk dark money. first, a news update from c-span radio. >> it's a 30 3 a.m. eastern time.
more reasonable republicans, some governors, some senators, are saying as much as we don't like a rock obama and we want to stick to and service of printable's, we don't buy into this hostage taking form of political terrorism. up to 2014s ahead and 2016, we will see that this tension and the republican party , i call it a civil war, i think will just get worse. theill get exacerbated and republican party will have to decide for itself if they are reasonable people who can compromise while...
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obamas katrina moment. host: we also already showed you the story from today -- worst week in washington. is what president obama got cilizza.s talk about where president obama is versus the thing. the story. -- from the benghazi story. guest: it is kind of funny that we are talking about two and one. this week has been really focused on three scandals all happening at once. view that benghazi, the irs, and now this justice department. ing phone records. these collided this week. you have republicans trying to have this triad of scandals. i think of benghazi, that it is pretty clear at this point they have been doing hearings on this for months. they have had hearings, testimony, they have solicited documents. in the end, there is not a whole lot of they are there. as tragic as it was, it was horrible. but it was not really a scandal, a cover-up, that the republicans have been trying to say. i think that issue is going to start peering out a little bit. they don't have anything to hold onto in terms of repu
obamas katrina moment. host: we also already showed you the story from today -- worst week in washington. is what president obama got cilizza.s talk about where president obama is versus the thing. the story. -- from the benghazi story. guest: it is kind of funny that we are talking about two and one. this week has been really focused on three scandals all happening at once. view that benghazi, the irs, and now this justice department. ing phone records. these collided this week. you have...